Good morning
@Fndwheelie
[Editted to add] Oops!!! This is very long - sorry
I got carried away ....
I can see how your personal situation and accommodtion restrictions are hampering how you are able to best manage your blood sugar levels and appreciate this needs more-than-average thoughts
It certainly seems that, at least initially, you will need to adapt the provided menu which would appear to mean not eating the high carb foods. If they could leave them off your plate, that would be good but if not, then could you just leave to one side?
As for replacing/adding vegs, I wonder if you would be able to take a dish of fresh/frozen portions of veg to the kitchen for them to 'cook' and present with your meal? If your carer 'cooked' them in the microwave for you, could it be timed to coincide with your meal so you can have these vegs on your plate with the 'protein' part of the provided meal?
I agree, if you could reduce/cut out the bread, you would make a very significant dent on your blood sugars, as would cutting out potatoes, pasta and rice, plus any pastry/flour etc.
When cutting out/reducing carbs, you will need to replace with fats, otherwise you will be too hungry. Butter, rather than spreads (processed), fresh cream, cheeses are all good for this. So, think of ways you can add these to what you're eating.
Vegetables - add butter (lots of )
Scrambled eggs - add butter (lots of)
Also, you will probably need to add some salt to your food as we all need some but you won't be getting it if only eating 'freshly/non-processed' foods so bear that in mind
Avoid fruit apart from raspberries, strawberries, blueberries and eat in small quantities - with fresh cream (preferably Double / Thick cream (very low carb and will help to keep you from feeling hungry)
Boiled eggs - would your carer be able to boil some eggs. Hard-boiled will keep for several days in fridge. Eat with some cress, tomato, cheese, ham etc
Mayonnaise (Original, not low fat) is pretty low carb and certainly adds flavour
Regarding your insulin, would it be possible to discuss this with your Diabetes Nurse/GP, and asking them of ways to allow more flexible doses of Insulin, perhaps? As your blood sugar reduces, you will be needing less insulin. There must be a solution to this - the HCPs might need to stretch their brain and thought processes rather more than they are used to. How good are your ascertiveness skills ?
For what it's worth, I eat 2-3 BabyBells for breakfast, with a coffee with double cream in. It's low carb and tells your body you are 'eating' which helps counteract the Dawn Phenomenon (a natural rise in blood glucose to get you going for the day)
- Breakfast - BabyBell / cheese, coffee with cream
- Lunch - Slice of Ham (from Deli, frozen with plastic bags between to allow taking one slice at a time), with slice cheese (ie DairyLee) and then rolled up, tomato plus/minus any other salad bits I might fancy
-or - avocardo with salad, hard-boiled eggs, soft-boiled eggs etc, plus any salad bits, if I fancy them
- Main meal - Bolognaise, without pasta, maybe with vegetables (plus butter), grated cheese
or - Chilli without rice, plus veg, grated cheese, with yoghurt/creme fraise
Walnuts are also excellent source of protein and (healthy) fats
I hope this helps you regarding ideas. I'm fortunate enough to be a reasonable cook but I rarely have the energy or motivation to spend time preparing meals, hence I thought some of my ideas may well be within your remit. Let me know if you'd like me to (think hard to remember) what else would be easy to prepare, including storage in freeze/fridge.
It certainly seems you need to get your GP and Diabetes nurse etc to be on your side. There is loads of info on internet of course so hopefully you are able to do some more reading.
Wishing you all the best
{{{Hugs}}}